I just built my first 5 gallon natural fish tank with soil, gravel, and plants for my betta fish Poppy. I've been testing the water quality with the "API 5 in 1" test strips, which my local aquarium store says they use. The results in both my current 2.6 gallon tank (where my fish currently is)...

I’ve spent a few hours rummaging through old threads, and wanted to re-address some of the topics, ideas, and experiments I found. Essentially, I thought it would be fun (and helpful) to create a thread topic that gears towards discussing experiences about our NPT’s after the basics and set up...

Hey y’all, I’m considering getting a pair of breeding bristlenose Plecos, but I am worried that they will disturb a aqua soil substrate and make the water murky. Has anyone had this issue?

Hi all! I've been really excited since learning my apartment complex is fine with us getting whatever tank size we want (on slab, gonna be here for another 2-3 years min while saving for a house in the same neighborhood). While at first I wanted to go full hog and big, I remembered my interest...

I've been experimenting with a ten gallon Chinese porcelain bowl as a suitable aquarium over the years. I'd had pretty good success using a Fluval cannister set up and a couple of sprigs of anubias barteri The bowl gets about an hour of direct sunlight a day. Things were fine until I started...